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SF 2334Died when the session ended · February 14, 2024

Relating to gift card fraud notice

Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary (companion To Hf 2251 By Young) Committee

Topics:Business & economyCourts & civil law

Same legislation: SF 2147, HF 2251

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
  3. Done: Senate committeeFebruary 14, 2024
  4. Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to gift card fraud notice. The bill requires any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, store, or mercantile establishment that sells gift cards to other businesses to display a notice of gift card fraud. The bill requires that a notice shall provide information on what gift card fraud is and what a person can do if the person believes he or she may be the victim of gift card fraud. The bill also provides that the notice must be displayed on all displays that gift cards are located, at all physical points of sale, or on the electronic payment system screen prior to completion of the sale.

Read the full explanation

The bill provides that a business that violates the bill shall receive a citation from the consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general and that three or more citations shall result in a civil penalty of no more than $250.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§554H.1

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Lobbying

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